Niche Adjacent to Main Churchyard Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1991. Garden feature.
Niche Adjacent to Main Churchyard Gates
- WRENN ID
- outer-chancel-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1991
- Type
- Garden feature
- OS grid reference
- SK 669 173
- Coordinates
- 52.74946, -1.01022
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century garden feature located adjacent to the main churchyard gates in Hoby, on the north side of Main Street. Constructed from red brick with limestone dressings, it has a cemented roof. The niche faces the forecourt of the present rectory and features a round-headed arch with moulded stone imposts and a triple-stepped stone arch, the outermost of which is wave-moulded and includes a console key block. The niche is situated at what was formerly a corner of the Old Rectory garden, right next to the main entrance to the churchyard.
Local climate
Niche Adjacent to Main Churchyard Gates receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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